Weather: Heavy rain in Al Ain, high temperatures and humidity across UAE

Dubai: UAE residents in Al Ain saw overcast skies on Saturday afternoon, with moderate to heavy rain in some areas. According to the National Center of Meteorology (NCM), rains were caused due to the formation of convective clouds over Al Ain. Rain is expected intermittently, till 9pm.

Cloudy weather is expected till July 28, with chance of more rainfall at times. This weather is due to an extension of surface low pressure, accompanied by upper air low pressure systems from both the South and the North, along with a relatively cold air mass in the upper levels, as stated by the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) in its advisory for conditions across the UAE until Monday, July 28.

Temperatures across the country have seen a slight increase over the past week. While the maximum temperature yesterday reached 49°C, lowest temperature recorded this morning was 24.2°C.

Humidity is also high across the UAE, with Relative Humidity levels recorded around 80 to 85 per cent in the internal areas, and above 90 per cent in coastal areas.